Cassandra Clare

Quotes

1. "How to Come Out to Your Parents," she read out loud. "LUKE. Don't be ridiculous. Simon's not gay, he's a vampire."

2. 

   "Here, I'll practice on you. Mom. I have something to tell you. I'm undead. Now, I know you may have some preconceived notions about the undead. I know you may not be comfortable with the idea of me being undead. But I'm here to tell you that the undead are just like you and me. Well, okay. Possibly more like me than you."

3. 

   "It's not often you get to see someone drool. Especially with such total abandon. Mouth wide open and everything."

4. 

   "Forgive my parental panic. I tend to get a little nervous when you're not in my immediate line of sight these days."

   "Oh yeah? How long do you think that's going on for?"

   "Not long. Five, maybe six years."

   "Luke!"

   "I plan to let you start dating when you're thirty, if that helps."

5. 

   "This is so weird. I keep expecting the truck to start sinking."

   "I can't believe you just went through what we went through and you think this is weird."

6. 

   "What about the dark? We could lock you in the basement."

   "I'm a demon hunter. Clearly, I am not afraid of the dark."

7. 

   "Nothing," chorused Clary, Simon, Alec, Magnus, and Jace, in a surprising and probably never-to-be-repeated unison.

8. 

   "Oh, for goodness' sake, is he really waking us up at this ungodly hour just to prove his love to you or something?"

9. 

   "That does it, I'm going to get you a dictionary for Christmas this year."

   "Why?"

   "So you can look up 'fun.' I'm not sure you know what it means."

10. 

    "Admiring yourself? You won't look so pretty when the Clave gets through with you."

    "You do seem obsessed with my looks. Could it be that all this is because you're attracted to me?"

11. 

    "With Jace, you don't really get to choose your insulting nickname."

12. 

    "I thought I'd lie on the floor and writhe in pain for awhile. It relaxes me."